In my ongoing search to bring you new information regarding wikis, I came across this article that I thought was extremely pertinent to our situations as online learners. The article is entitled Use of Wikis in Graduate Course Work, by Mary Bold, from the Journal of Interactive Learning Research. http://find.galegroup.com.libezproxy2.syr.deu/itx/printdoc.do?&prodId=EAIM&userGrou It looks at using wikis as collaborative tools in conjunction with Blackboard or Webct. We should all understand at this point how a wiki works in a non-educational setting, so now lets look at how it works in an academic setting, such as a college or university. In this setting it provides a collaborative workspace where a document can be displayed with minimal knowledge of HTML tags. The document can then be "edited live" in the browser window on the Internet. A new techi word I discovered in this article was coweb, which refers to collaborative webpages that students are using in connection with these wikis. These cowebs allow students to contribute to the space, which is immediately and automatically updated. Another reason for these collaboration wikis is to put some of the "housekeeping tasks" of course management into the hands of the students. This accomplishes a couple of things; one, it frees the instructor of some of the jobs associated with this type of course learning, and by freeing up a professor, it allows them to use this new found time and energy in other areas. Secondly it introduces students to a new form of collaborative learning, i.e. the wiki, in a nongraded activity but one that has relevance to their course work. I know in this course we have been introduced to blogs and blogging. Maybe in the future, wiki activities will be added to further enhance the online learners experiences.